On Thu 2016-04-28 15:44:41, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Add the TIF_PATCH_PENDING thread flag to enable the new livepatch > per-task consistency model for powerpc. The bit getting set indicates > the thread has a pending patch which needs to be applied when the thread > exits the kernel. > > The bit is included in the _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK macro so that > do_notify_resume() and klp_patch_task() get called when the bit is set. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> > --- > arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h | 4 +++- > arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h > index 8febc3f..df262ca 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h > @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void) > TIF_NEED_RESCHED */ > #define TIF_32BIT 4 /* 32 bit binary */ > #define TIF_RESTORE_TM 5 /* need to restore TM > FP/VEC/VSX */ > +#define TIF_PATCH_PENDING 6 /* pending live patching update */ > #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */ > #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 8 /* singlestepping active */ > #define TIF_NOHZ 9 /* in adaptive nohz mode */ > @@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info > *current_thread_info(void) > #define _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG (1<<TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG) > #define _TIF_32BIT (1<<TIF_32BIT) > #define _TIF_RESTORE_TM (1<<TIF_RESTORE_TM) > +#define _TIF_PATCH_PENDING (1<<TIF_PATCH_PENDING) > #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT (1<<TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT) > #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP (1<<TIF_SINGLESTEP) > #define _TIF_SECCOMP (1<<TIF_SECCOMP) > @@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info > *current_thread_info(void) > > #define _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | \ > _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME | _TIF_UPROBE | \ > - _TIF_RESTORE_TM) > + _TIF_RESTORE_TM | _TIF_PATCH_PENDING) > #define _TIF_PERSYSCALL_MASK (_TIF_RESTOREALL|_TIF_NOERROR) > > /* Bits in local_flags */ > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c > index cb64d6f..844497b 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ > #include <linux/uprobes.h> > #include <linux/key.h> > #include <linux/context_tracking.h> > +#include <linux/livepatch.h> > #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h> > #include <asm/uaccess.h> > #include <asm/unistd.h> > @@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long > thread_info_flags) > tracehook_notify_resume(regs); > } > > + if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_PATCH_PENDING) > + klp_patch_task(current); > +
JFYI, if we later add the fake signal to speed up migration of sleeping task, we would need to move this up before calling do_signal(). It would help to avoid cycling here twice. Mirek surely knows more details about it. Best Regards, Petr > user_enter(); > } > > -- > 2.4.11 > _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
